Description

SharePoint Managed Paths require a specific URL in order to be scanned and collected.  The URL syntax is dependent upon the type of Managed Path.
Managed Paths are listed in the SharePoint 'Define Managed paths' page.

Explanation of the 'Define Managed Paths' page.

Note: To open the 'Define managed Paths' page;
1. Open SharePoint Central Administration > Application Management > Manage Web Applications
2. Select the URL to examine, then select 'Managed Paths (upper left under 'Web Application' tab.

Note: There are normally several URLs listed in the 'Web Applications Management' page.  Each URL from the 'Web Applications Management' page can have its own set of Managed Paths and must be examined separately if that URL will be used to collect data.
Note: 'Define Managed Paths' lists the Managed Paths that are controlled by the selected URL from the 'Web Applications Management' page.
(Example: See Figure 1)

Figure 1

- The two top paths: (root) and sites are represented by the URL chosen to examine from the 'Web Applications Management' page. (See Figure 2)

The URL chosen for this explanation: https://test.sharepoint.veritas.com/SitePages/ (Not listed in Figure 1).

Figure 2

- Any additional listed paths below sites, are the 'Managed Paths' below the root collection site.
Examples: (See Figure 3)
supportsite
supportsite/articles
supportsite/technicians
shareddocs

Figure 3

Details of each Managed Path listed in the above example:

- supportsite is an Explicit Managed Path and cannot be collected by engaging the root URL: https://test.sharepoint.veritas.com/SitePages/
- supportsite will be collected by specifically using the full path URL: https://test.sharepoint.veritas.com/SitePages/supportsite/

When using the full explicit path URL, All items under this Site Collection will be collected except for the 'other Managed Paths listed: supportsite/articles and supportsites/technicians.

- supportsite/articles is another Explicit Managed Path site under the supportsite site.
Explicit sites need the full path to explicitly point to the exact path:
https://test.sharepoint.veritas.com/SitePages/supportsite/articles
All items under this Site Collection will be collected

- supportsite/technicians is a Wildcard inclusion Managed Path.  Wildcard Managed Paths are a container for other Managed Paths and are not a direct Collection Site.  To collect from a Wildcard Managed Path, the URL must include a Managed Path below the Wildcard URL.
An example would be a technician named Kevin and the technician has a folder under the supportsite/technicians site:

Nothing would be collected if the URL were to point to the Wildcard URL:
https://test.sharepoint.veritas.com/SitePages/supportsite/technicians

Everything would be collected for Kevin under the explicit path:
https://test.sharepoint.veritas.com/SitePages/supportsite/technicians/kevin

- shareddocs is an Explicit Managed Path. Using the full path URL will collect all items under the shareddocs Collection Site:
https://test.sharepoint.veritas.com/SitePages/shareddocs

QUICKNote:
Explicit inclusion Managed Path requires the full URL
Wildcard inclusion Managed Path requires the full URL + folder name